Updated: KPD pursuing check forgery suspect

Wednesday

Feb 27, 2013 at 3:00 PM

Suspect allegedly wrote fraudulent checks in northeast Missouri, Iowa and was arrested Wednesday near the Lake of the Ozarks

Updated:

The Kirksville Police Department announced Wednesday afternoon that Joshua Hamilton, 33, of Kirksville, was identified as the suspect and was arrested in the Lake of the Ozarks, Mo., on an Adair County warrant.

Hamilton is also reportedly facing additional charges out of the Lake of the Ozarks.

According to KPD, during the investigation more than 70 fraudulently written checks were attributed to Hamilton. The investigation was aided by more than 10 law enforcement agencies and jurisidictions across northeast Missouri and Iowa.

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The Kirksville Police Department and other area law enforcement agencies are attempting to locate a man identified in surveillance footage as a suspect in several incidents of check forgery.

The checks have been written at various business throughout northeast Missouri and Iowa.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact KPD at (660) 785-6945, (660) 6665-5621 or anonymously at (660) 627-BUST.